Watergate Scandal

President Richard Nixon
1. Elected president in 1968
  1. Washington D.C
2. Resigned on August 9, 1974
  1. to avoid impeachment
3. Denied participation in scandal
4. only president to ever resign
Scandal
1. Democratic National Committee Headquarters
  1. Arrest of five men for breaking and entering
2. attempted cover up by Nixon's administration
3. Led to discoveries
  1. abuses of power by Nixon administration
  2. articles of impeachment
4. Led to resignation of Nixon
  1. August 1974
5. Revealed tape recording systems
  1. implicated the president
    1. revealed cover up activities
Should President Nixon confess
1. Yes
  1. Mystery would be solved
2. Clear his name in history

Resource summary

	Created by Pamela Collin over 8 years ago